鯤 — gon

Parts that make up 鯤

How 鯤 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鯤 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 魚, 昆.

Korean example words with 鯤

• 곤붕鯤鵬 Korean gloss: ≪장자≫에 나오는 상상의 큰 물고기와 새. 흔히 매우 큰 사물을 비유적으로 이를 때에 쓰는 말이다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 鯤

• 鯤こん kun (giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird)

Characters sharing the phonetic 昆

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “곤” in Korean.

Other hanja read “곤”

Other hanja with radical 魚